President Buhari Imposes 11hrs Curfew Nationwide

ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE CUMULATIVE LOCKDOWN ORDER OF LAGOS AND OGUN STATES AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ON COVID- 19 PANDEMIC AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY, 27TH APRIL, 2020 The Address   1. Fellow Nigerians 2. I will start by commending you all for the resilience and patriotism that you have shown in our collective fight against the biggest health challenge of our generation. 3. As at yesterday, 26th April 2020, some three million confirmed cases of…

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Community Leaders Petition IGP Over Allege Threat To Life In Delta 

  Mr. Clement Ufuophu and Mr. Vincent Soto, President General and leader respectively of Edjohe Community Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta state have petitioned the Inspector General of Police over alleged threat to their life by one Mr. Zik Gbemre. The duo in a petition signed by their counsel, P. O Onota Esq. and addressed to the Inspector General of Police, stated that their fears became heightened by the open boast of Mr. Zik Gbemre to use his reputed connection with the Delta State Police Command and the…

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DHQ: We bombed Boko Haram leaders during Borno meeting

Military jets deployed by the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole killed some leaders of the Islamic State of West Africa Province and Boko Haram fighters during a meeting at Kolloram on the fringes of the Lake Chad in Borno State. The Defence Headquarters, Abuja, said on Sunday that the operation was carried out after receiving human intelligence that the terrorist leaders were gathered in the area to launch attacks on nearby communities. The Defence Media Operations in a release said the air strikes were conducted on Saturday and…

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Tuface speaks on raging coronavirus pandemic

Nigeria’s leading singer and musical activist, Innocent Idibia, famously known as 2Baba, has aired his opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic which has continued to ravage the world, pretty much-putting everything on lockdown globally. On his Twitter handle, 2Baba opines that Africa should use the situation to renegotiate its stand among the comity of nations. “Africa! We are always pawns in these people’s wars. Let’s use this lockdown to renegotiate with the rest of the world. Africa feeds the world. Believe, children of the sun. Arise and shine, beautiful people” he…

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US warned over Donald Trump’s plan to reopen economy

Anthony Fauci, Director, U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says US has to double its COVID-19 testing capacity over several weeks before the economy is reopened. He gave the warning in a webcast hosted by the National Academy of Sciences. President Donald Trump is keen on reopening the economy on May 1 with some restrictions. Trump had declared that a prolonged shutdown combined with “a forced economic depression” could deeply hurt the United States. The first phase of his reopening process includes the avoidance of groups of more…

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Didier Drogba gets zero vote from ex-players in FA presidential elections

Chelsea legend Didier Drogba’s bid to become the next head of the Ivorian Football Federation took a massive hit after he secured zero votes from members of the Association of Former Ivorian Footballers. Of the 14 members in the Association, 11 voted for his rival, league president Sory Diabate, while three persons abstained. The third candidate, the current Vice President, Idriss Diallo also got no votes from the ex-players. The results of the election, which was done via video conferencing, has reportedly sparked a massive debate in the Ivory Coast.…

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Italy to reopen factories in staged end to coronavirus lockdown

Italy will allow factories and building sites to reopen from May 4 and permit limited family visits as it prepares a staged end to Europe’s longest coronavirus lockdown, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Sunday. The report from Reuters states that more than two months after the first case of COVID-19 appeared in a small town outside Milan and following weeks of lockdown, Italy is looking ahead to a second phase of the crisis in which it will attempt to restart the economy without triggering a new wave of infections.…

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Asia’s mosques deserted as coronavirus keeps Ramadan faithful away

It is a Ramadan like never before for Muslims across Asia as mosques that would normally be packed for prayers are deserted and in some places locked up as governments enforced measures to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. At Indonesia’s main Istiqlal mosque, the biggest in Southeast Asia, the call to evening Maghib prayers and a message asking people to pray at home echo in the empty hall – a stark contrast to last year when thousands thronged in to pray. Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country,…

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Manchester United to sell Paul Pogba in summer-Report

Ed Woodward decides to sell Paul Pogba in the summer. According to Tuttosport, Ed Woodward has decided that it is time to cash in on Manchester United star Paul Pogba. The French World Cup winner has failed to live up to his potential at United and is a far cry from the dominant force he was at Juventus. Injuries have not made it easier for him, with his last appearance for the club coming all the way back in December. To compound his problems, United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was…

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